Talk:Murgatroyd/Archive 1

Measurement
I heard a program on National Public Radio that a Murgatroyd is a measurement. They described it as being equal to 64 bottles of champaign which is one of those huge display bottles you often see in shop windows. However I am unable to find any reference online to back this claim up. Has anyone else heard this?


 * No more than the mishearing folk etymology that it is Heaven's to "Mercurtroid" (the words Mercury meets Asteroid, e.g. a planetoid) and that the "heaven's to" is a satellite call in like usually from earth (Houston can you read...) bouncing from a space station or such ;P 4.255.55.147 (talk) 22:40, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

How about Alice Margatroid, famous Touhou lady? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.90.10.144 (talk) 07:03, 18 June 2012 (UTC)

SF-animal Murgatroyd in Medship-stories by Murray Leinster — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.85.133.73 (talk) 12:12, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

Heavens to Murgatroyd
"The first use of the phrase wasn't by Snagglepuss but comes from the 1944 film Meet the People. It was spoken by Bert Lahr, best remembered for his role as the Cowardly Lion in The Wizard of Oz...." Martinevans123 (talk) 13:14, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

I am not sure how to edit this or to make all the necessary corrections on all the Wikipedia pages that have this wrong information but Bert Lahr does NOT say "Heavens to ..." ANYTHING in this movie. He DOES say Murgatroyd (or however you want to spell it) but he is talking of the christening of a ship called the Aloysius C Murgatroyd. If you don't believe me buy your own copy of the movie and watch it like I did. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:204:D203:8710:50A5:BE03:149A:689C (talk) 03:57, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

Murgatroyd Road in Maryland
I have occasionally written: "Heavens to Murgatroyd, there's a Murgatroyd Road near Fallston, Maryland." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.63.16.47 (talk) 16:15, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

Royd etymology
There is a similar word (also meaning 'clearing' or 'glade') in Middle Flemish - viz 'Roed'. 121.210.67.247 (talk) 23:24, 21 April 2017 (UTC) Ian Ison

Anno Dracula
In Kim Newman's Anno Dracula -- set in 1888 -- many of the newly-turned vampires have taken on fashions and pretensions that we today might consider 'Goth,' but in that world they are called 'Murgatroyds.' The label is a reference to Ruddigore -- albeit a fictional, alternative history version of the operetta. PurpleChez (talk) 15:48, 27 June 2019 (UTC)

Missed
If you present Miss Murgatroid before Miss Murgatroyd, in this article about "Murgatroyd", you've probably missed something, haven't you! Well I did not expect to find tons about Marisa Murgatroyd, but her name is so famous that not to mention her among living people called MURGATROYD doesn't do it. Now, if there are so many Murgatroyd, that you can't even mention them all, why keeping silent about a 7 figure American businessman? Because this businessman is a woman? And what about her mysterious father. Another businessman called MURGATROYD, by the way...2A01:E0A:28D:52D0:F877:BC7E:FDEC:8542 (talk) 14:02, 10 March 2021 (UTC)


 * Currently there is no article for Marisa Murgatroyd. Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 14:34, 10 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks for this precision. Bay the way, any clue about her father, please? 2A01:E0A:28D:52D0:E10A:B9BD:B0D8:AF5D (talk) 10:28, 12 March 2021 (UTC)